Social Science Perspectives on China: From the Socialist Past to the Global Present

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This is an advanced course on social science approaches to the study of China. We will read social science research from a range of disciplines such as Geography, Anthropology, and Sociology. We will study how social science research informs our understandings of China, and how China challenges existing social science paradigms. We will cover issues that are particularly salient in the field of China studies, including the dynamics between the rural and the urban, theories of 'guanxi' (social exchange), etc. Finally, we will add a comparative dimension by bringing in scholarly works that focus on other socialist and post-socialist countries such as Romania and Russia. 001344